Jesse D. answered • 04/25/19
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This is an excellent example of order of operations, PEMDAS (parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction). We always work inside the parentheses first.
1 + (-1-5-2)
1 + (-6-2)
1 + (-8) Then we simplify the rest:
-7
